Link Up: Will we always be in love with plastic?

Based on online info and the trailer (2 min. 18 sec.), Forever Plastic, a program recommended by Amber, a reader from Ottawa, doesn’t look as thrilling as this season’s 24 (starring Jack Bauer, the man who never dies and whose cellphone works underwater during a typhoon), but it does stand a better chance of saving more lives than Jack ever will.

Tune in Friday evening, March 6, 2009 on CBC Newsworld [check local listings for start time].

Click here to see the trailer for Forever Plastic yourself or watch the entire film online.


[Stolen from CBC site. Shh.]

I found their written material interesting.

“Durable, high-tech, sexy and see through...we just can't seem to resist its glossy appeal. It seems so modern, it's hard to believe it's been around for 100 years!”

Why, that’s longer than my last pair of polyester pants lasted. That’s saying something.

“The early days of plastics were explosive: the first synthetic billiard balls blew up on impact!”

Yup. Snooker was a dangerous game in the ‘60s.

“Over the years plastics have quietly permeated all parts of our lives. But what do we do with something that doesn't go away when we throw it way? Our oceans and dumps are filling up with the stuff, and yet inventive ideas for single use plastics just keep rolling out.”

“Leyenda Lee of Interplast Packaging argues that her plastic egg cartons are environmentally friendly, but are they?”

Are they? I wanna know.

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Do I sound like I work for CBC? I don’t... but if they want to send me money...

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